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THE TRADE OF MARRIAGE.

The usual retort, when women CON-
plain of want of rerumerative employ
ment, is that they should not work, but
find men to support them. AS there are
500, 900 more women than men In Eng
land, it. is obviously impossible that
every woman should have husband.
This state of things is as bad in Germany
also. The preponderance of the women
over the men is greatest in the profess
sional and upper middle classes. Among
the richer aristocracy of England, and
the absolutely working people, the sexes
are still equal IN number, and woman
can still marry. But the sons of clergy
men, officers, civil servants, lawyers,
doctors, AID some of the country gentry
find the struggle for existence too great
| in this kingdom; they emigrate. or leave
the country by joining the military or
naval service. Their sisters ali remain
at home, unable TO find husbands, and
uneducared for work, even domestic
| work These ''superhuous women"
most undoubtedly, as a body, perform
the first duty of their sex-that of being
charming; they are often handsome, and
generally we'll hammered, and we'll dress
ed. They are charmers, but there is
no one to charm. They know very well
that their chances of marriage are almost
nil; therefore, should a solitary suitor
with even a modest competency appear,
they feel driven to accept The first man
who asks them, whether they care for
them or not. and most generally they do
not. Their parents wish to get rid OF
| them, so they marry without love. Al
evil arises out CT this, more CHASTITY that
can be described. The marriage of con
Uer1a1ace is a recognized social institution
abroad. In England, in this nineteenth
century. the woman of the upper middle
classes adopt II without acknowledging
1t. However we may affect to deny 1T,
there Is vast amount of married IN
happiness in all classes. The fault is
sometimes ascribed to the present de
geueracy of woman and sometimes to the
deterioration of the men. The fault
really lies in our social system, which
gives a women neither work nor money
and obliges her to sell herself before she
has lost her only salable commodities
youth aud beauty. As there exists four
''supelhuous women" to one man, the
female has no choice, while the iordly
male has the greater number from whom
to pick and choose. Therefore, in this
country many women have not only no
chance of marrying at all, but no free
dom of selection whatever.-Ibe Ma
HO1lak Revie1U.
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IN THE TECHE COUNTRY.
GRAND SCENERY IN THE FAR FAMED Ian

GRAND SCENERY IN THE FAR FAMED LAND
OF THE ACADIANs.
The panorama is always interesting.
There are wide sllvery expanses of
water, into which falls the shadows of
great trees. A tug is dragging along
a tow of old RATS composed of cypress
logs all water soaked, green with weeds
and grass, SO that it looks like floating
garden. What pictures! Clusters OF
oaks on the paririe; picturesque old
cotton press; a house matched with
palmettoes; rice fields irrigated 10y
pumps; darkies, field hands, men ana
women, hoeiDg IN the cane fields, giving
stalwart strokes that exhibit their robust
figures; an old sugar mill III ruin and
vein ,draped; an old begass chimney
against the sky; an antique cotton press
with its old moulding roof supported
on timbers; a darby on mule motloniess
on the bank, clad Ill Attakapas cloth, his
SLOUGH hat falling about bis head like
roof from which the rafters have been
withdrawn; palmettos, oaks and funeral
moss; lines of Spanish bayonets; rickety
whafves; primitive boats; spider legged
bridges. Neither on the Ieche nor the
Atchafaaya, nOr on the great plain hear
the Mississippi, fit for amphibIous crea-
lures, where one standing on the level
wonders to see the wheels on the vast
river steamers above him, apparently
without cause revolving is there any lack
OF the picturesque.
New Iberia, the thriving part of the
region, which has drawn away the life
from ST. MartiBsvilie, ten miles further
up the bayou, is a village mainly OF
small frame houses, with a smart court
house, q lively business street, a few
pretty houses, and some cid time man
sions on the bank of the bayou, half
smothered in old rose gardens, the
ground in the rear sloping to the water
under the shade Of gigantic oaks. One
Of them, which with Its outside stair
cases in the pillared gallery suggests
Spanish taste on the outside, and IL
the interior the arrangement of con-
Meeting room a French chateau, has a
self keeping rose garden. where one
might easily become sentimental; the
vines deport themselves like holiday
children, climbing the trees, the side Of
the house, and revealing in an abandon
of color aud perfume.-Horper'8 Mag
GztHe
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-04-28

Here is what Mr. Eugene Field, of the
Chicago Ne1CS, thinks Mr.. Pat. DOMAIN
thinks of the women he has met in
Washington;
"What gave the season its brilliancyl
Why, the woman, to DE sure. In spite
of all the TRASH aud twaddle of sucn pen
ney line hbel.ers as Henry James, there
are no women on Gods earth that com
pare with our own American women. 4
lady in Washington the other day asked
rue if IL all my travels | had not found
some country perferred to my own. [
d:-'Aladam, when L contemplate orr
American politics and politicians [ do it
with patent nlpper clothspIn on my
nose. When | looked at our Congress
es, Legislatures and Boards of Alder
men, or think of the vile herd that we
allow to vote aud control our national,
State and municipal governments, l am
filed with unutterable loathing, and often
feel like eXpatrlatlng myself. But one
thing holds nae true To my native land.
/ might change my country, bat where
could | ever find such countrywomenl
] have seen the women of nearly every
land and race under heaven, and one
genuine American girl or woman com
Dimes III herself the best and loveliest
qualities of them all-the fire and senti-
ment of the ideal Spanish senorita or
Italian signora, the exquisite taste of the
French madame or mademoiselle, and
the pure, high womanhood of the Eng
lish maid or matron, with grace and
beauty to be found IN our own glorious
hemisphere alone. There is no God but
Allah. and our women are His master
pieces.
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An old salt recently visited the editor
Of Martha's Vineyard paper and pour
ga into the latters willing ear the follow
ing tale of the sea: 81 was in the good
ship Surprise crossing the western ocean.
4 sparkling breeze was driving the ship
home at most lively rate, every thug
drawing allow and aloft, when the pain
fnl cry: Man overboard!' startled the
entire ships company. The captain
came on deck, and looking over the taft
rail at The rapidly receding object and
thea observing the good speed the ship
was making, said in a pious voice:
Poor fellow! God help him; I'm sorry
for him, but we must take advantage of
this breeze in the interest of the owners.'
Just then a sailor who had been on the
lookout ran aft aud said: Captain, it
was moi man; but it's a hog 'Abar
said the captain. hard a.port, back the
maiuyard, clear away the boat and save
that hog"
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DRUNKENNESS, or liquor habit, can be
can be cured by administering DR..
Haines' Golden Specific. It can be
given in cup of coffee or tea without
the kDowlede of the person taking it,
effecting speedy and permanent cure,
whether the patient is moderate drinker
or en- alcoholic wreck. Thousands OF
drunkards have been made temperate
men who have taken the Golden Specific
in their coffee without their knowledge,
and o day believe they quit drinking Of
their own free will. No harmful effects
results from its administration. Cures
guaranteed. Send for circular and full
particulars. Address in confidence
GOLDEN SPECIFIC Co, 1S5 Race St,
Cincinnati, Ohio. Oct2S
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A SOUND LEGAL OPINION.

e. Bainbridge Munday, Esq, County
Atty, Clay Co, Tex, says: "Have used
Electric Bltters with most happy results
My brother was also very low with
Malarial Fever and Jaundice, but was
cured by timely use of this medicine.
Am satisfied Electric Bitters saved my
life
Mr.. d. I. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave,
KY, adds like testimony, saying: He
positively believes he would have died,
had it not been for Electric Bitters.
This great remedy Will ward off, as
well DIS cure all Malarial Diseases, and
for all Kidney, Liver and Stomach Dis
orders stands unequaled. Price Soc,
and 81 at Hinrichs. 6
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-04-28
The Ballet Centrifugally Considered.

A not too entertaining caller at the
sanctum was relating, the other morn
ing, his opinion of the opera as given
on the evening previous. He alluded
to the vast amount of talk concerning
the morality of the ballet with which
the papers have recently been filled.
Il haven't any opinion on the sub
ject of the relation between the ballet
and ethics" he was pleased to observe,
while the editor concealed yawn be-
hind his hand, "but l have discovered
what is the most awkward predicament
in which a mortal can be placed"
"And what is that?"
'.Why, if the premiere danseuse, in
dancing a pas seul, should turn pirou-
cite so fast that one of her legs should
fly off from centrifugal force
Nonsense; she'd only have to stand
on one toe until somebody brought it
back. The situation is not nearly as
awkward as was that of T. the other
evening when he found he had just in
troduced Mrs. X. to her divorced hus-
band; or as that of P. when he found
himself at dinner party assigned to
Miss Y, by whom he had been rejected
two days earlier"
why, those things" the visitor OBJ
jected, ''are in the common experience
of social life. and all education is a
training to meet them. Civilization is
made up of series of experiences that
train man TO accepting this sort of
unpleasantness, but the dancer can
have had no experience that would en-
able her to preserve her countenance
and her GOODNESS in so novel situation
as that of being suddenly and unex-
pectedly made into a uniped, and"
If you will excuse me" the editor
said, with brisk rudeness, you are
talking precious nonsense and am,
or, ought to be, very busy. Do you
mind giving somebody else the benefit
of your original and startling ideas, so
that ! can finish my copy before the
foreman comes after my hearts bloodP"
Boston Courier.
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manitomof pilot.
THURSDAY, APRIL %, 1887.
BEECHER'S MEMORY.
THE LATE BROOKLYN DIvIEE'S ABSENT
MINDEDNEsS AND LACK OF SELF CoNFI-
DLNCF

THE LATE BROOKLYN DIvIEES ABSENT
MINDEDNEss AND LACK OF SELF CoNFI-
DENCE.
There was one peculiar characters
tic of Mr.. Beecher's that have not seen
mentioned in the papers," said an init
mate friend of the great preacher the
other day, to the New York Tribune
writer, land this was his occasional lack
of confidence in himself. Time and again
he has told me that when before an
audience at some public meeting and
while awaiting us turn to speak be was
often almost on the point of getting up
and going out. AS | listened TO one
and another speaker address the meeting,
he used TO say, L would think, my good
ness, never can make such speeches as
those; I'd better leave here at once.
But when he was once on his feet all
these feelings vanished, of course, and
he felt completely at ease. He was al
ways subject 10 these times of seif-de-
probation both III and out of the pulpit.
When he first came to Brooklyn, he us
ed to 60 around the back streets just to
avoid meeting people whom he might
knew. He combined With his wonder
ful yigor and boIdness the shrinking
tImidiTy of a school girl"
OF Mr.. Beeceer's absent mindedness
DR.. Searle, his physician, told this
story: Mrs. Searle was standing at the
parlor window one day when she noticed
Mr.. Beecher go up Mr.. Raymond's
stoop over the way, and ring the bell.
Before 1t was answered he came down
the steps and continued on his way up
the street. Seeing Mrs. Searle he cross
ed over with q smile and said: "Say can
you tell me where | am going this after
uoonl"
why, you are going to baptize Mr..
Howafd's child to day are you not?"
That's 1t, that's just it," he replied,
''but for the llfe of me [ couldn't recall
the fact"
"Another instance l recollect, contin-
ued tie doctor, happened at his house.
was there at dinner. Major Pond,
who was also present, spoke about i
concert that was to be held in New York
chat evening. Mr.. Beecher said he
would like to attend 1t with him, But
You can't go, said Mrs. Beecher to him.
you have an engagement for tonight.
oh, no, | haven't, he rejoined. Il am
free to night, and think I'll go over to
the concert While she was trying to
convince him that he really had some
matter on hand carriage drove up to
take him to Hoboken where he was book
ed for a lecture"
Ii reference 10 Mr.. Beecher's memory,
the decor added: sit was marvelously
poor About the only thing that h.
could remember, he used TO say, was the
list Of propositions that govern the abba
tive case IN Latin. These he could rat
tie Off like sixty, and did SO frequently
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-04-28
THE NAH WA TREE.
A POSSIBLE DANGEROUS RIVAL OF SUGAR
CANE.

A POSSIBLE DANGEROUS RIVAL OF SUGAR
CANE.
A report comes from the East which is
OF great importance, if true. 1t is that
there has been discovered in British Iu-
dia blossom of such saccharine pro
perties that it is destined to revolution
lie the sugar business of the world. 1t
is the flower Of the mahwa, or NICOLA, u
tree OF large size, which abOUndS IN the
southern portion OF Hlndostan. This
blossom has sweet taste and yields one
half its weight III sugar. The HiudoOs
have for a long period been accustomed
to extract a syrup from the mahwa' S
flowers, but IN the most primitive fash
ion, without attempting to develop a
process The tree, 1t Is stated, demands
neither care nor cultivation. 1t pro
duces annually thousand pounds CO of
blossoms, which 1t sheds during the
night. The saccharine matter is also
serviceable for spirtuous liquor and for
an oil which may be Used for both light
ing and food. Ii this wonderful report
IL correct, il may be seen at glance
what disastrous competition the NAH
wa Is likely to make with existing sugar
industries. The best West India planta
tons produce 800 pounds per aspentQ4
acres, )and the French and German sugar
beet farms DO not equal this amount.
But it IL claimed that the blossoms of
five mahwa trees will yield the same
amount, statement not consistent with
the reported weight of the bloom, which
however, must be an error. From 200
to 25G trees can be grown upon an as.
pent, from which it results that the crop
of sugar will be from forty or fifty times
greater per acre of land than that of the
sugar cane. The English speaking Hin
doc press is already urging the govern
ment to take steps FOR making this new
sugar industry monopoly so far as pos
sible.-GrOcers' Criterion.
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The King of Portugal sent a truly
regal present TO the German Emperor
which is worth all the other royal birth
day gifts put together. 1t is sword of
honor with blade specially made at the
Lisbon Arsenal and egquisitely chiseled.
The bilt is of solid gold, encrusted in
every part with diamonds. saphires,
rubies and emeralds. These were set
after design supplied by the Queen.
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THE ALASKAN'S CHIEF FOOD.

During August and September the
natives shot from 100 to $50 deer within
a radius Of fifty miles. The methods
pursued by these people when they
shoot deer are of such nature that |
could not obtain information as regards
the size or shape of the animal during
the summer. After the hunter has shot
one or two deer he returns to camp.
The women and dogs go out and find
the carcass, with the skin drawn over
the head and feet. They then proceed
ed to skin the animal entirely; sever the
head from the neck, breaking off the
short horns, if a doe, and cut remains in
70 sizes to fit into bags carried by their
dogs. No portion of the animal is vast
ed, the dogs falling in for share. After a
native family has eaten its fill from deer
but little remains except we'll picked
bones. Strips and slices of flesh are made
up into bundles and tied with strings Of
seal hide for future use, the mass, hot
and seething under the heat of the sum
mer sun, exhaling in short time any
thing but pleasant ordor. The skins
being utilized for articles of clothing are
carefully dried and scraped clean. Tue
white portions from the belly and
legs are used for the ornamentatiou of
overshirts, trousers and boots.-Alaska
Letter.
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FOREST DESTRUCTION.

In abiding TO the subject of rainfall,
and the effect produced by the destruc-
ton Of forests, one of our contemporaries
says: "While as rule We turn up our
royal North American noses at the sug-
gestion of systematic forest culture, in
Europe the people have learned wisdom
from experience. Tho French and Ger
man governments are illustrating what
We might do ourselves, by buying seeds
of us. Near Burlington VT, some 1000
bushels Of pine cones have been pur
chased at forty cents per bushel, for
foreign shipment. They are inspected
daily, and placed in bags for transporta
ton. Ii occupies an average of five
men daily for two months to gather the
seeds from 1000 bushels, each bushel
yielding about pound Of seed. There
Is a branch of this business, nearly
double in product, near Charlotte, Vt.
The cones are gathered about the first of
September, and treated with heated air
to expedite their opening. All these are
shipped TO France, Germany and the
other governments of Europe. Apropos
of this subject, some statistics were re
Gently published, showing that Lake
Champlain is Swallowing each year, some
of its ports having already become una
valuable, owing to the destruction of the
forests, the great storehouses Of moisture
Some day the American nation will
awaken to the knowledge that it has been
recklessly prOdigal CT It's trees,
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BUCKLIN'S ARNICA SAJVF

HE BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Cbilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptious.
and positively cures Piless, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction of money refunded.
Price % cents per box. For sale by II.
Hinrichs.
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STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, !


LUCAS COUNTY, S. S.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he
is the senior partner of the firm of E. J.
CHENEY & Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State afore-
said, and that said firm will pay the sum
of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each an every case of CATARRR that can
not be cured by the use of HALL s
CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th day of December,
A. D., Sc.
l~l A. W. GLEASON,
3sEAL Notary Public.
P. Stalls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally and acts directly upon the
blood and mucus surfaces of the system.
Send fer testimonials, free.
T. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Es-Sold by Druggists, rs cents.
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A fellow living on Jacks Greek during
the war owed gentleman some twenty
dollars. ana as he could not pay he was
requested to give his note for the amount.
THIS he readily assented to. He was
then told that he must put twenty cent
stamp on the note. "Twenty centsI T
wouldn't give twenty cents for the note"
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Mr. G.adstone's library numbers about
10. 900 volumes. "Ah! you are looking
at my books" he said to visitor the
other day. IF there is one thing | am
vainer than another about it is my plan
for stacking more books in a given space
than any mai know. Chicago Herald.
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WHEN Col. MosBY WAS OUTwITTED.-
He was seldom defeated and but once
outwitted. In the latter instance Col.
MOsbY had crossed the mountain with a
few men into Clarke county, when he
was informed that Federal officer with
IA squad of cavalrymen were in the vim
city. The officer had stopped at Clay
Hill, the residence of Mr. Witing, and
Mosby made up his mind to capture off
Ger and men. His action was prompt,
as usual. He went to Clay Hill, captur-
ed the Federal officer while he was seat
ed at supper, aud carried him off as pris-
oner to Uppervllle, east of the Blue
ridge. There had been nothing un-
pleasant about the whole affair. Mosby
and his prisoner were on the most friend
ly terms. The partisan had ridden his
favorite gray mare on the scout, and at
Uppervllle, was standing beside her
ready to mount, when the Federal officer
said:
CHATS q superb animal, colonel"
eyes, was the gratified reply of the
partisan, as he patted the mares neck.
The officer sauntered close.
"a very fine ANIMAL" he repeated,
"Tll try he1 paons!' And throwing
himself into the saddle he disappeared
at full speed, and Col. Mosby never
again saw his favorite gray mare or his
risoner.-BaltImore Herald.
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Vitality Of Great Men

is not always innate or born with them,
but many instances are known where it
has been acquired by the persistent and
judicious use of DR.. Harter's Iron Touic.
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In digging for cellar at White Plains
\. Y, cannon was unearthed which it
is believed was used by the Continental
army at the famous battle of White
Plains. 1t has on it the date of 1745.
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THE ONLY LINE

From Milwaukee to the new Iron
Mining District in Wisconsin and
Interchangeable, Wakefield, Bes-
semer, Ironwood and Hurley.
Direct line to Ashland and be-
yond.
Sleeping ears between Ashland
and Chicago.
The Guide Book, and other de-
scriptive matter, containing full in
formation, maps and engravings Of
the country trayersed by the line,
will be sent on application to the
General Passenger Agent.
Chas. A Cole, Gen. Agent, 105
Washington street, Chicago.
Chicago Depot, Cor. Wells and
kinze street. GO. & n. w. R'y.D
Fl. F. wHlTCOMB. CHAS. V. McKINLAY,
Genl Manager. Genl Pass. Agent.
MILW I'kEE, WIS.
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ELYBRGTHERS. Druggists, Owego,NY.

The Milwaukee, Lake Shore q
Western R'y has been well named,
the fishing and hunting Iiue Of Wis
consul, passing, as il docs, through
thousands Of acres Of but partially
explored woods and within easy
reaching distance Of lakes and
streams that have never been tished
BY white men, all well stocked with
the game fish for which Northern
Wisconsin waters are noted. The
woods abound with game; deer,
bear, wolf, mink, beaver, pheasant
and other game are quite plentiful.
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DOES YOUR HORSE COUGH9
if so, use, Hinrichs Improved Horse
Powder he hest in the world for coughs
and colds,
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l offer for sale a well improved farm 81 rs
acres. with stock and farming implements. Ii
is situated 70 miles from Nantu~oc: has good
wei. plenty OF water, a house and good barn.
VIII be sold reasonable figure and on easy
terms G. C. SEDGWICk.